2018 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 28-D - Practice of Nursing Home Administration
Title 3 - Violations; Penalties
2897-B - Penalties.

§ 2897-b. Penalties. 1. It shall be a misdemeanor for a person to:
(a)   sell   or   fraudulently   obtain  or  furnish  a  nursing  home
  administrator diploma, license, record, or certificate of  registration,
  or aid or abet in the same;
(b)  practice  nursing  home  administration under cover of a diploma,
  license or registration illegally or fraudulently obtained or signed  or
  issued unlawfully, or under fraudulent representation or mistake of fact
  in material regard;
(c)  practice or hold himself out as entitled to practice nursing home
  administration without a valid license  or  after  he  shall  have  been
  convicted of a felony;
(d)  practice  fraud,  subterfuge or deceit, misrepresent or conceal a
  material fact, use a false name or wilfully make a  false  statement  in
  submitting an application for licensure or registration.
(e) otherwise violate any of the provisions of this article.
2.  Such  misdemeanor shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more
  than one year or by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or by
  both such fine and imprisonment for each separate violation.
3. A violation of this article, when reported to  the  department  and
  duly  substantiated  by affidavits or other satisfactory evidence, shall
  be investigated and, if the report is found to be true and the complaint
  substantiated, the board shall report such  violation  to  the  attorney
  general and request prompt prosecution.
4.  In  the  prosecution  of any criminal action for violation of this
  article by the attorney general or his deputy, the attorney  general  or
  his  deputy  may exercise all the powers and perform all the duties with
  respect to such actions or proceedings which the district attorney would
  otherwise be authorized or required to exercise or perform, and in  such
  action  or  proceeding  the  district  attorney shall only exercise such
  powers and perform such duties as are required of him  by  the  attorney
  general or the deputy attorney general so attending.